#born confused

[souvlakispac3station]

Comunque sta canzone urlata a pieni polmoni in macchina già sbronzina alle 10 di sera mentre torni a casa col cielo a strisce rosa e rosse e la luna piena esperienza catartica 10/10 would recommend

[e-lucidating]

Maybe nothing’s going on.

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Born Confused #OutOfContext

[ireadyabooks]

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[ireadyabooks]

4 Books We’re Thankful For This Year

Happy Thanksgiving, book nerds!

As we reflect on what we’re thankful for this year, books always seem to be near the top of our lists. Books have the power to move us, to change us, and to make us feel less alone. They’re able to inspire us, act as an escape, and can totally alter the way we think. 

This year, to get into the Thanksgiving spirit, we asked the I read YA team to think about some of the most impactful books they read (or reread) and to share why they’re thankful for them. See the team’s picks below and reply with the titles you’re most thankful for this year!

Shadowshaper and Shadowhouse Fall by Daniel José Older

“The books I am most thankful for this year are Daniel José Older’s SHADOWSHAPER and SHADOWHOUSE FALL. What resonated with me the most from this colorful and fantastical story was the character of Sierra Santiago. Sierra is the refreshing heroine I didn’t know I needed. Her strength, curious nature, and desire to understand her family’s past, while simultaneously dealing with the repercussions of it in the present rocked me to my core. Older’s incredible world-building was a bonus, particularly his use of Brooklyn as both the story’s setting and as a character in its own right. I still have chills thinking about this book, my stand-out read of 2017.”  - Julia

Sparrow by Sarah Moon

“SPARROW is one of those stories I wish existed when I was a stumbling teenager struggling to figure out how I’d fit into this world. Like Sparrow, growing up I found solace in books and music when life felt painfully unfair. The stories I’ve read and the music I’ve listened to throughout my life have all shaped my beliefs, my understanding, my confidence, and my creative mind in one way or another. I like to think that SPARROW holds the power to help inspire a new generation of outcasts to find hope in the art forms that speak to them and helps them realize that they aren’t as alone as they may feel.” - Isa

All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater

“I love, love, love this book! Maggie Stiefvater is a literary goddess. The writing is stunning and All the Crooked Saints is completely bewitching. The story is amazingly unique and captivated every imaginative bubble in my brain. The music that is weaved through-out the story pulsed through every word and right into my heart.” - Nicole

Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier

“It’s not every day an Indian-American teenager from suburban New Jersey finds a book about an Indian-American teenager from suburban New Jersey...it’s pretty much a miracle.

Tanuja Desai Hidier’s BORN CONFUSED (born in 2002) was the first YA novel I ever read where I saw people like me, and my family, walking through the pages. It felt uncanny, unexpected, and so very special.

From inhaling the same Indian snacks my mom makes at home to untangling the oh-so-familiar hot mess that is teenage-angst, Dimple Lala, the book’s heroine, walked in shoes like mine and became my hero.

BORN CONFUSED is a collage of confusion, culture, and the choices we face at crossroads. It was my mirror, and I hope it’s your window.” - Vaishali

[mx-lamour]

I can tell I was a preteen in the middle 'aughts because of how rebelliously misspelled my shit was (i.e. "born_confuzed" and "vampyregrrl"). Good times.

[mx-lamour]

I just remembered MySpace was a thing.

Y'all my handle was born_confuzed.

I knew I was autistic all along; I just didn't know wtf it was called.

My photos/files on there are all defunct (no surprise) but that would have been a riot to see. 👀

[raoulgoldenlake]

Alright I’m back to posting the books I read and I’m just gonna make a bunch of posts at once and queue them up so it posts at least one a day! We fall off horses but we get back on!

Anyway, last year I got like…way into Bollywood and when I visited my friend earlier this year she asked me to show her some of the movies I liked the best. As we were talking about them she was like “did you ever read that YA book about an Indian-American girl? I loved that book as a teen.”

And I knew exactly what book she was talking about because it had such a distinctive cover and more importantly spine, and I remember seeing it in the very tiny library I grew up going to as a kid. And the much bigger library I live by now had a copy so voila! Born Confused!

I really enjoyed this! I thought it nicely balanced the romance with a story of family and identity. The family and identity story was my favorite though, one scene with the father and daughter made me legitimately cry! I was in a sappy mood but still, I rarely cry reading books. The story was tense too, I could spot some of the conflicts that would crop up, and I felt like all the conflicts were resolved in a way that felt emotionally true. I’m curious to read the second book in the series!

Rating: 4/5

Is It Gay?: Several very important side characters are gay!